Doggy days

Lake Harriet and Chad's legs (he was very nice)

Somehow, it's almost August. July went for so long (and continues!) that hopefully we can swim in summer for just a bit more? 


Summer is that weird panic of "Oh please don't be too hot" and "Oh my god it's beautiful out do something now" and "Just please go to the summer camp situation we've provided for you" and "Do we have enough food to make lunches?"... 

But also, it's nice. The weather doesn't try to kill us like it does in the winter. There's patios and bunnies and birds. Our front yard has proclaimed its independence from the ways of man. 

Note the pinky.

Family travels were completed! We saw family in far away places and also got to spend some time next to an ocean. Only one flight was cancelled (booo), but the youngest and I got sat next to a 90 year old Cameroonian chieftain AND THAT IS BASICALLY A MIRACLE. We might have also seen the start of the torch running through Paris, or it might have been some offshoot of Bastille Day and people cheering for laughing young men on garbage trucks. There was a bagpiper; that's all I know. 

Gives no fucks.

Teaching-wise, I'm over with the wonderful folks at Opportunity Neighborhood through COMPAS for three session, and I got to do the silliest Intro to Improv for Little to Bigs for Hearts and Minds Learning Community. 

Performance stuff? No. Not really. There's some gentle prodding and planning for fall (Got into the studio! Yay! Did some auditions! Yay! Signed some contracts, have had some meetings. Reached out to Bring Your Kids! folks. Poke poke.) Just one teaching thing with the absolutely wonderful folks at Opportunity Neighborhood through COMPAS. 

EDIT! I'll be playing Uptown Porchfest! Woohoo! Info to come, probably here. 

I'm getting back on the writing music bus, as traveling with family does not lend itself to solitude. 

August in Minneapolis brings the chaotic good of the Fringe Festival! Cool people doin' weird stuff! Do I like my theater in 55 minute chunks? I DO! 

I'll also be going down to Sioux City, IA for East High School's Class of 1994 30 year reunion. (insert manic feels for the inexorable march of time.) I was not a socially successful high schooler; there were some amazing, talented, and funny folks who were kind to me. I hope to see them. 

The cool thing is that I'm from Sioux City, Iowa. Most everyone's pretty nice OR SHOULD BE. 

Hoping the rest of the summer is beautiful for you and yours. And that you don't get too stressed by it all.  

P.S. Apocalypse Disco is on Spotify / Apple Music / and Soundcloud! I gave a copy of the CD to the neighbor who's story inspired this song: I hope that's okay.